Window.



A. E. GOULD.

WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5, 190a.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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ALBERT E. GOULD, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Application filed December 5, 1908. Serial No. 466,142.

To all whom it may concern:

13s it known that I, ALBERT E. GoULD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Grand Rapids,-in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'indows;and I do herebydeclarethe following to be a full, clear, and exactdescri tion of the invention, such as will enab e others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to im rovements in windows, and more particulary'to the parting strip and weather strip features of-the same, and itsobject is to provide arneftallic strip that will serve both as a weatherstrip and parting strip; to provide .a parting strip requiring no groovein the casing to receive the same, and to provide the device withvarious new and useful features, as hereinafter, more'fully describedand particularly pointed out in the claims, reference hriing had to theaccompanying drawings in w 1ich:

Figure 1 is a perspective detail of a portion of a window with my deviceapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional detail of theSttlllOr- Fig. 3 is an elevation of a por'tion of the casing showing thearrangement of my device thereon. Fig. 4 an enlarged detail inperspective of a portion of a strip made in Fig. 5 a horizontalsectional detail of a modification thereof applied to. a window.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

My device consists essentially of a strip of sheet metal of suitabledimensions bent variously at right angles as shown in Fig. 4, in which 1represents the middle 'portion'of the strip bent twice at right anglesand having parallel sides spaced apart whereby it is of the properexternal dimensions to take the place of the projecting portion of theparting strips commonly use Projecting oppositely in the same plane andfrom the base of this parting strip portion 1 are the base portions 2and 2 adapted to enga e the inner surface of the casing and securedthereto by means of suitable fastenings or screws inserted in openings 4therein. This base'portion 2 is turned inward at right angles near itsedge, and in the posite direction to the stri portion 1, thus orming anarrow flangea, apted to be forced into the casing, which flange servesto stiffen the edge of the base 2 sitely projecting base portions 1n tand at the same time forms an air-tight joint between the base and thecasing. The other base portion is of suitable width to receive thefastenings'and is thence turned outward at right angles parallel withthe strip portion- 1 as at 3, and extends outward to about the samedistance from the base portions. This portion 3 forms a weather stripadapted to enter a suitable groove or saw kerf in the .sash parallelwith the edge of the sash and near the side-adjacent to the partingstrip. In the modification shown in Fig. 5 this flange 3 is prolongedand folded backward upon itself forming a flexible and yieldingextension 3 which serves to more effectually close the groove andprevent the passage of air therethrough. However, the device operatesquite satisfactory without this extension3". This device when a )pliedis divided opposite the metal rails of t e sash, and reversed to engagethe groove in the respective upper and lower sashes 7 and 7 6 representsthe side of the casing which requires no groove to receive the partingstrip and .to which is fastenedthe usual stops 8.

It will be noted that by means of this construction, .I am able toaltogether dispense with grooving the casing, anchalso that the partingstrip and weather strip features are combined in one strip and areeasily'applied, and that the groove in the sashes to receive the weatherstrip portion of the device is so close to one side of the some as to inno wise interfere with the usual arrangen-ient and location of the sashcord (not shown), or operation of-the same, and also that this device iswell adapted to be inserted in'any window of ordinary construction bymerely removing the parting strip therein, and grooving the sashes witha saw to receive the portion 3 0P3.

N hat I claim is E- -1. A combined partin strip and weather strip,comprising a middle longitudinal portion adapted to form a part ngstrip,oppoe same plane and adapted to'engage the surface of a window casingand to be secured thereto, and an outwardly projecting flange on theedge of one of said base ortions ada ted to slide in a groove in a winow sash, an spaced apart from the said middle portion.

2. A combined parting strip and weather strip for windows, comprising astrip of sheet metal folded-along the middle to form a parting strip andhaving oppositely extended base portions to engage the surface of aWindow casing, the outer edges of said base portions being oppositelybent respectively to form flanges, one flange being narrow to be forcedinto a casing and the other being wider to slide'in a groove in a sashof a Window.

3. A combined parting strip and. Weather strip comprising a strip ofsheet metal folded longitudinally at right angles and in parallel linesto form a middle portion to serve as a parting strip, oppositelyprojecting base portions to engage the surface of a Window casing, aninwardly turned marginal portion on one base portion forming a narrowflange adapted to be forced into a Window casing, and an outwardlyturned portion on the outer edge of the other base portion forming aflange to slidably engage a groove in a Window sash.

4. A combined parting strip and Weather strip; consisting of a strip ofsheet metal folded longitudinally at intervals being folded on sevenparallel lines to form a rectangular middle portion to serve as aparting strip, oppositely projecting base portions to engage the surfaceof a indow casing and to be attached thereto, a narrow inwardly rojecting flange at the outer edge of one base portion adapted to beforced into a casing, an outwardly projecting Wider portion adapted toslidably engage a groove in a Window sash, and a flexible margin foldedupon the last named portion to yieldingly close the said groove.

in testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT E. GOULD.

Witnesses Gnonererm CHACE, L. V. lvionnron.

